UNI Historical Information

UNI Historical Pages

• Biographies of people associated with UNI
• Brief History of the University, 1876-1998
• Campus Buildings--histories of campus buildings, 1876-2009
• Campus Sculptures
  
• Colleges and Departments--history of UNI college and department names, 1876-2009
• Enrollment, 1876-2011
• Facilities Names--brief guide to campus facilities named for individuals
• Faculty--a searchable database of UNI faculty and administrators, 1876-2009
• Honorary Degrees at UNI, 1975-2008--biographical sketches of those who have received degrees
• Institutional Names, 1876-2009
• Presidents of UNI
• Students--roster of UNI student government leaders
• Tuition and Fees, 1876-2009

Illustrated Historical Essays

• Am Good as Common; Thomas Seerley's Journey to the Montana Goldfields in 1864
• Certified to Teach:  Ella Pullman's teaching certificates, 1876-1901
• Christmas Traditions at UNI
• Circle Elm and Library Oak Trees--history of two landmark campus trees
• Cycads, Gateways, the Campanile, and Big Money:  Class Gifts at UNI, 1881-2009
• Field Hockey at UNI, 1901-1982
• Getting Sick at School:  Influenza and Other Illnesses at UNI, 1876-2009
• Halloween Traditions and Ghosts at UNI
• Hibbs Memorial
• Homecoming--series of pages on the history of Homecoming at UNI, 1920-2010
• Housing, 1876-1915 and 1915-1939
• Library Facilities and Services at UNI, 1876-2009
• Lincoln, the Civil War, and UNI
• Mascots and Nicknames
• The Merchant Legacy--a look at the benefactors of the Merchant Scholarship Fund
• Power Plants
• Phantom Facilities--"histories" of facilities that were planned but not built at UNI
• Snapshots from 1933--going to school during the Great Depression
• Thanksgiving at UNI
• World's Fairs and UNI
• Wrestling

Historical Displays

• Classrooms from the Late 1800s to Early 1900s
• Famous Campus Visitors
• Famous Alumni
• Football
• Freshman Traditions
• Influential UNI Women
• Lang Hall
• Oldest . . . on Campus
• Spring Celebrations
• Transportation

For further historical information try . . .

• Finding Information about UNI, A guide to the literature about UNI.
• IndexUNI, An index to publications by and about UNI.
• "Learning About UNI's Past", a web display featuring many important historical sources of information about UNI.

Page created by University Archivist Gerald L. Peterson; last updated August 22, 2012 (GP).